Geographic mobility among older people and their adult children: The role of parents' health issues and family ties

Artamonova, Alyona; Gillespie, Brian Joseph; Brandén, Maria

doi:10.1002/psp.2371

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“…And older adults with children living close by tend to change residence less often than those whose closest children live far away ( van der Pers et al, 2015 ). If an older parent has children but none live nearby, they are more likely to move closer to a distant child, into institutionalized care, or elsewhere rather than stay ( Artamonova et al, 2020 ). These moves elsewhere might include moves closer to siblings.…”

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Older Adults’ Internal Migration Toward Faraway Siblings

Artamonova

Gillespie

2022

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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Objectives Research on the role of siblings in older adult migration lags behind a growing number of studies on adult children as a mobility attraction. We attend to this gap by examining (i) to what extent the absence of partners and/or adult children influences older adults’ (age 70-84) migration toward faraway siblings (at least 50 km away) and (ii) how these migrations are patterned by the location of other family members (children, other siblings, and nephews/nieces). Methods We use multinomial logistic regression models and analyze dyads of older adults and all distant siblings from the Swedish population register data between 2012 and 2016 (N = 1,743,234). We control for several characteristics of older adults and their siblings that may impact the decision to move closer, including sociodemographic characteristics and measures of location-specific capital. Results Widowed, divorced, and never married older adults were more likely to move closer to distant siblings than those with a partner. Not having children was associated with a higher likelihood of moving toward a sibling. Living near adult children or other siblings deterred relocation toward siblings, while family clustered at a distance reinforced the location’s attractiveness for migration. Discussion As declines in fertility broadly reflect people’s decisions to have fewer children or forego having families, siblings might emerge as more active players in the family networks of older adults. Our research indicates that siblings can be a destination for migration and, therefore, should be considered as important members of social networks of older adults, especially those who do not have partners and/or adult children available.

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Older Adults’ Internal Migration Toward Faraway Siblings

Artamonova

Gillespie

2022

The Journals of Gerontology: Series B

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“…For example, in the U.S., young adults reported the greatest number of close friends they could confide in, with numbers consistently decreasing over age (Gillespie et al, 2015a). With age, family relations tend to gain in importance, as when midlife individuals and/or their aging parents relocate for the provision of the parents' later life care (Artamonova et al, 2020). In a U.S. longitudinal study, social support from adult children increased substantially between parents aged 57-60 and 69-72 (Silverstein et al, 2002).…”

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The Role of Family and Friends in Return Migration and Its Labor Market Outcomes

Gillespie

Mulder

Reichert

2021

Popul Res Policy Rev

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Drawing on survey data on individuals’ motives for migration in Sweden (N = 2172), we examine the importance of family and friends for return versus onward migration, including their importance for different age groups and in different communities on the rural–urban spectrum. The results point to a significant relationship between the importance of family and return versus onward migration, with family importance decreasing with age among returning migrants. At the same time, the importance of friends for returning increases with age. The findings did not suggest a significant relationship between urbanicity and returning versus migration elsewhere. Based on a subset of respondents who were employed prior to migrating (n = 1056), we further examined labor market outcomes for onward versus returning migrants. The results broadly indicate that return migrations are linked to lower likelihoods of labor market deterioration and improvement, suggesting greater labor market stability for return vis-à-vis onward migrations. However, the importance of family for returning (versus moving elsewhere) is associated with higher likelihoods of labor market deterioration and improvement compared with staying the same, indicating greater volatility in labor market outcomes when the importance of family is considered.

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“…Migration not only depends on economic opportunities and household dynamics but also on the broader family context, that is, the dispersion of family members who do not live in the household. Considerations about the support that is needed from parents in taking care of grandchildren (Kulu & Milewski, 2007 ) as well as considerations about the health problems of older parents play a considerable role in decisions about moving or staying (Artamonova et al, 2020 ; Silverstein, 1995 ). In both cases, decisions about moving and staying depend at least in part on where other family members live.…”

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Long‐term trends in intergenerational proximity: Evidence from a grandchild design

Kalmijn

2021

Population Space and Place

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Competing claims exist about how the geographic distance between parents and their adult children has changed historically. A classic modernisation hypothesis is that people currently live further away from their parents than in the past. Others have argued for stability and the remaining importance of local family ties, in spite of a long‐term decline in co‐residence of adult children and parents. The current paper uses a novel design that relies on reports by grandchildren to study long‐term changes in intergenerational proximity in the Netherlands. The analyses show that there has been a clear and continuous decline in intergenerational proximity between the 1940s and the 1990s. Mediation analyses show that educational expansion and urbanisation are the main reasons why proximity declined. No evidence is found for the role of secularisation and increasing international migration. Proximity to parents declined somewhat more strongly for women than for men.

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Geographic mobility among older people and their adult children: The role of parents' health issues and family ties

Cited by 19 publications

References 72 publications

Older Adults’ Internal Migration Toward Faraway Siblings

Older Adults’ Internal Migration Toward Faraway Siblings

The Role of Family and Friends in Return Migration and Its Labor Market Outcomes

Long‐term trends in intergenerational proximity: Evidence from a grandchild design

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